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Background/Aims: The prevalence of diabetes mellitus is increasing. Little is known about the difference in Helicobacter pylori eradication rates between diabetic patients and non-diabetics. The aim of this study was to compare the eradication rate between diabetic and non-diabetic patients. Materials and Methods:The medical records of patients who received a proton pump inhibitor (PPI)-based eradication therapy between 2012 and 2015 were retrospectively reviewed. All the patients underwent endoscopic biopsy to confirm H. pylori infection. Successful eradication was confirmed by using the 13 C-urea breath test, biopsy, or rapid urease test, which was performed at least 4 weeks after the end of eradication therapy. Results: A total of 1,402 patients were included. The eradication rate was 74.3% (1,041/1,402; 95% CI, 72.0∼76.5%). Excluding 151 patients who were confirmed to have no diabetes, 182 diabetic and 1,069 non-diabetic patients were compared. No significant difference (P=0.667) in eradication rate with PPI-amoxicillin-clarithromycin therapy was found between the diabetic (75.8%, 138/182; 95% CI, 69.6∼82.0%) and non-diabetic groups (74.0%, 791/1,069; 95% CI, 71.4∼76.6%). Peptic ulcer was much more common in the diabetic group than in the non-diabetic group (67.0% vs. 57.9%, P=0.038). Conclusions: The H. pylori eradication rate with PPI-based triple therapy in the diabetic patients was probably not different from

Gastric schwannomas are rare benign tumors among the mesenchymal tumor of the gastrointestinal tract, arising from the nerve tissue which has a schwann cell sheath. These neoplasms are grossly similar to gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST), however, the clinical course of GIST is more aggressive compared to that of schwannomas. Synchronous occurrence of gastric epithelial and subepithelial tumors is rare. Besides, most subepithelial lesions are GIST. We present the case of a 57-year-old male with synchronous gastric schwannoma and gastric adenoma in the stomach. We found a gastric subepithelial lesion incidentally, the size of which was increasing and tubular adenoma was discovered in the covering mucosa during endoscopy follow-up. The synchronous lesion was removed by wedge resection, which was diagnosed as schwannoma with adenoma. (Fig. 1A). 상부위장관내시경에서 전정부 대만부에 1.8 cm 크기의 융기성 병변을 관찰하였고 (Fig. 1B), 병변의 점막 조직검사에서 장상피화생과 미란을

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